SANTA ANA MIXED-USE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT

This project is a mixed-use multifamily housing development proposed for Barrio Logan in the city of Santa Ana. This neighborhood is a rapidly densifying transit oriented development that has a series of site specific advantages, namely its proximity to the Santa Ana transit center. In approaching this, the Northmost proposal seeks to act as the primary thoroughfare that redirects foot traffic from the transit center through a shopping promenade and finally onward to downtown Santa Ana.

While the site provides numerous benefits, the primary shortcomings of this neighborhood can be addressed by design — a lack of available green space, as well as a historic food desert. In combating this, the ground floor program dedicates a large portion of its lot coverage to a supermarket. Additionally, green space, as well as bands of urban farmland, are dispersed throughout the project.

The 65 housing units situated above the commercial podium are a blend of studio, one-bedroom, two-bedroom, and live-work dwellings. These units are organized along a series of party walls that efficiently act as the backbone that provides much of the project's plumbing and shear requirements. The units shift in order to produce ample daylighting, while simultaneously providing the residents with privacy.